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> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Joe Yoder
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Saving an image from a web cam
> 
> I am in need of some code that can be embedded in or called from a VFP
> program to automatically crop and convert a .bmp file to a .jpg file.
> 
> The .bmp files come from a USB web cam.  I was hoping to be able to
set
> the video format to have the horizontal and vertical dimensions the
same
> but apparently that would require rewriting the camera drivers.  A
.jpg
> output option from the camera driver would have been nice as well.
Since
> neither of these features appear to be available, I believe cropping
the
> image in the same operation that converts it to a .jpg will be a
> satisfactory solution.
> 
> If someone has a recommendation of a package that works well with VFP,
it
> will probably save me a lot of time wading through all the options
that
> Google turns up.
> 
> TIA - Joe


It's been a few years but I had pretty good success using the DOSADI
product. But looking at their website now I see that the freebie product
i.e. "Classic" does not support JPEG or GIF. You'd prolly have to pay
for that feature.

Afit's suggestion looks pretty doable though...


Thanks,
 
Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst
IT Department
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
1460 G Street, Springfield, OR  97477 || Ph: 541-744-6092 || Fax:
541-744-6145

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